Event Details

Celebrating African entrepreneurship, Africa's venture capital community VC4Africa organizes a global series of VC4Africa meetups as part of Global Entrepreneurship Week 2013!

VC4Africa members from around the globe are taking the initiative to host a meetup in their own town on Thursday November 21st. These free informal networking meetings bring together local networks of entrepreneurs, angels and VC investors eager to be part of Africa’s next great success stories.

Feel free to sign up for this free event and help us spread the word! Happy Networking!

About Global Entrepreneurship Week:

Global Entrepreneurship Week is the world’s largest celebration of the innovators and job creators who launch startups that bring ideas to life, drive economic growth and expand human welfare. During one week each November, GEW inspires people everywhere through local, national and global activities designed to help them explore their potential as self-starters and innovators. These activities, from large-scale competitions and events to intimate networking gatherings, connect participants to potential collaborators, mentors and even investors—introducing them to new possibilities and exciting opportunities.

About Orange Silicon Valley:

Orange Silicon Valley (OSV) is the Bay Area division of one of the world’s leading telecommunications operators. At Orange Silicon Valley, we thrive on collaboration, seek out disruption and anticipate that the future is closer than we think. Earlier this year, Orange launched Orange Fab(www.orangefab.com), an accelerator program that supports entrepreneurs to focus on their growth, on distributing their service globally and on building and scaling products and services that will dramatically change telecommunications as we know it.

About VC4Africa:

Venture Capital for Africa (www.vc4africa.biz) is the continent’s leading founder’s network, the largest and fastest growing community of entrepreneurs and investors building promising companies in Africa. Our focus is connecting people and ideas on a peer-to-peer level: we are the only open and accessible platform dedicated to the subject and our network of entrepreneurs and investors extends to more than 159 countries around the world.

When & Where

Orange Fab, San FranciscoSan Francisco

Thursday, November 21, 2013 from 6:00 PM to 9:00 PM (PST)

Organizer

VC4Africa

The Africa platform for startup funding. VC4Africa is the largest online community of entrepreneurs and investors dedicated to building game changing companies on the continent. Entrepreneurs have access to free online tools, mentorship opportunities and private deal rooms. Investor Pro Account users can set up intelligent alerts, follow progress, conduct due diligence and connect directly. The community has members in 159 countries and meetups have been hosted in more than 50 cities around the world. Join the movement and lets change the world.